Clark County recently hosted a panel discussion about the Rancho High School riots during the turbulent years of 1968 to 1974 with a focus on the Class of 1971, which seemed to have been the apex of the riots. The discussion, recorded and being aired throughout Black History Month on Clark County Television (CCTV), was moderated by former UNLV political science instructor Martin Dean DuPaulo and featured perspective from black and white students who attended the school at the time and others. The panelists: Pat Sosebee, Mike Sosebee, Jim Holtz, Sandy Mott, Lefty Mott, Jerusha McDonald Hilton, Sue McDonald, Lee Gray, school Coach Bob Reed and Assemblyman Harvey Munford. Actor Antonio Fargas, who narrated a documentary about the riots that is also being aired on CCTV, participated as well. The North Las Vegas school saw numerous fights and arguments between African-American and white students and even outsiders who came onto campus to stir up trouble. It was in this volatile climate that there were dramatic confrontations in which, for instance, dozens of students were maced and a police helicopter was brought down by a rock-throwing student. One Rancho student suffering from leukemia died after being maced. CCTV is a government-access television station available on Cox cable and CenturyLink in the Las Vegas area, CMA Access Channel 14 in Laughlin, and all over via videostreaming on the County website at www.ClarkCountyNV.gov. A programming schedule may be found online at www.ClarkCountyNV.gov.

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